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2009: Best Albums

Thought I'd share thoughts on my favourite albums of 2009. I actually listened to over 75 this year, which is a massive record for me. All thanks to we7.com and Spotify Premium.

Seeing as I'd be happy to recommend about a third of those albums, I decided to list my twenty favourite albums of 2009. Albeit without a ranking order for #20 - #11 because everything kept moving around. It's all a bit arbitrary anyway. I might have titled this post as such but this isn't really the "best" albums of 2009 but the ones that connected with me.

"Whether he's actually been "with Louie in the shooting gallery" or been stuck listening to "baby next door screaming all evening" doesn't matter--what does is his gripping way of telling a tale" (The Guardian)

"At its most adventurous, Manners sounds like little else – a pop record that exists in a world of its own, carving a sub-genre niche which only fits their expansive, tonally decadent material." (9/10 - Clash)

2) Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus PhoenixAn astonishing record, full to the brim with irresistable melodies, hooks and riffs. The utopian future of pop.

"Just as you're really gearing up for a night on the town with Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix as your sidekick, it ends abruptly. There's only one remedy: Play it again. And Again. And again." (Filter)

1) Fight Like Apes - Fight Like Apes And The Mystery Of The Golden MedallionThe most thrilling rollercoaster ride of an album, that went painfully ignored by most critics following its January release. Frenzied, spiky synth-punk complete with hilarious pop culture references. One day I will get a t-shirt that says "YOU'RE LIKE KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN BUT WITHOUT THE TASTE!"